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The Making of The Governor
Television (Full Length) – 1977
George Henare as Hōne Heke, in episode one of The Governor, 'The Reverend Traitor'.
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Hōne Heke (George Henare) signs the Treaty of Waitangi in 'The Reverend Traitor', the first episode of The Governor. His friend Henry Williams (Grant Tilly) sits opposite.
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One of the bigger sets built for 1977 historical epic The Governor. George Grey's Mansion House at Kawau Island (which features in episode six) was recreated on a farm in Forest Lakes, Ōtaki.
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Some of the buildings created for The Governor, likely in the hills above the Hutt Valley.
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Corin Redgrave as Governor George Grey (left) and Martyn Sanderson as General Sir Duncan Cameron, during on location filming for the fifth episode of The Governor, 'The Lame Seagull'.
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Judy Cleine as Eliza Grey in historical epic The Governor. She featured in a number of episodes, especially 'No Way to Treat a Lady', the episode devoted to her relationship with George Grey.
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A glimpse behind one of the bigger sets built for 1977 TV drama The Governor. George Grey's Mansion House at Kawau Island was recreated on a farm in Forest Lakes, Ōtaki. The set is seen in episode six, 'To the Death'.
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At right, actor Don Selwyn (who played Wiremu Tāmihana) explains some of the finer points of a greenstone mere to Eastbourne antique dealer Helen Jenkinson, at an auction of props from historical epic The Governor.
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Sergeant Johnson (Norman Fletcher) finds the rules of combat on a warrior during the Tauranga campaign. It reads: "If thine enemy hungers, give him food. If he thirsts, give him drink". From the fifth episode of The Governor, 'The Lame Seagull'.
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